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Her dad sat back in the chair he was sitting in, "I will do my best to understand that this is something that neither of you can control, but so help me if I see any funny business, I will not be so understanding." Both Hermione and Severus agreed and held true to their word. The Holiday was rough at first but within a few days, everything was fine. Her father stopped giving Severus the hairy eye ball and began to treat him as human. None the less, Severus was excited when it was time to go back, the flowers in that house were starting to give him a tick.
Now:
Severus couldn't remember a time that he was ever so happy to be back at Hogwart's, He missed his privacy, well, what was left since he had someone with him at all times. Hermione was elated that she had been able to go home for the holidays and felt Severus did very well in the situation, but even she was glad to be back at the place she had called home for the last couple months.
"Severus" she called waiting for him to turn around, "I just want to say thank you for allowing us to go to my parents house." He walked over to her and pulled her close, "I figured it was the least I could do to give you a feel of normalcy in our situation." He paused for a minute, "I did miss getting to touch and hold you though, I just didn't want your dad to kill me and I'm sure you wouldn't want to drag my dead body 10 feet behind you for the rest of the year." Hermione could help but laugh.
Severus pressed his lips to Hermione's, he really did miss getting to kiss her. They had grown extremely close since being stuck together, They enjoyed spending time together even if it was just reading or doing her lessons. Severus lifted her up and threw her over his shoulder, she squealed at the suddenness of being on the ground one minute, and dangling 6 feet in the air the next. He walked over to the bed and laid her down gently, He crawled up, covering her body with his and started a slow, gentle kiss. She was happy to be back. Suddenly, Hermione and Severus felt a burning pain in their arms. Severus jumped off Hermione and quickly ran to his robes and mask. Hermione knew the situation as this would make the 4th time they were called since the last week of September when all this started. She quickly gulped down the potion that would make her invisible and mentally prepared herself for the torture that was surely to come. To her, it seemed Voldemort took great pleasure in causing pain upon someone.
Within minutes of being summoned, Hermione and Severus found themselves walking the same path they had before. Hermione was ready, but Severus wasn't. He wasn't worried about the pain he would get for absolutely no reason, no that wasn't the problem at all. He was worried about Hermione, she was tough, he had to give her that, but the closer he became to her, the more he didn't want her mixed up in this mess, and knowing that she felt everything he did made it even worse.
They reached the room they were familiar with and took the position in the half circle. Lucius walked over to stand by Severus. "So how are thing's going with the mud blood?" Severus looked to him with no emotion "Thing's are going as expected." he did not wish to elaborate anymore then he had to.
The dark lord walked in and everyone bowed once again. "Rise" he said in his snake like voice. "I have called this meeting for a few reasons, we have some plans to make." The death eaters were eager to hear the new information. "Severus" Voldemort bellowed. Severus walked forward and bowed down. "Stand you fool", he didn't need to be told a second time, he was going to do everything in his power to try and avoid getting a nasty curse. "My loyal servant, What news do you bring for me about the mud blood and Potter?" Severus hadn't had any time to touch base with Dumbledore for some false information, so he had to wing it. "My lord, I have been able to get closer to the mud blood, but Potter is still being reluctant to speak of anything serious around me." Voldemort raised his wand and Severus braced himself for what was about to come. The voice bellowed something but Severus wasn't paying attention, he was busy hoping that Hermione would be able to remain silent again. The curse struck and he instantly knew he had been hit with the crucio curse. Voldemort did not lift the curse as quickly as he had before, Severus knew it had been at least 5 minutes and again his thought wondered over to Hermione.
Hermione felt the curse just as she had before, she noticed the curse was stronger then before and had taken to biting her hand to keep from screaming. She was not as strong as Severus and passed out within 3 or 4 minutes.
The curse was lifted and Severus quickly regained his composure. "Listen closely Severus, I want some information that will help me by the next time I call for you. I will continue to use more force each time I'm not satisfied with your information." Severus bowed again "Yes, my lord." Severus moved back to his place, knowing he could not check on Hermione, he just stood and waited for the dismissal.
Voldemort looked around to his followers, "I plan to attack a few muggle towns this week, you will all be assigned to a town and your group will be expected to succeed. Severus will be the exception since it will raise to many questions with him being near the mud blood. The mud bloods parents live in one of the muggle towns we will be attacking. Do not under any circumstances hurt them, I want them brought to me in case Severus continues to fail in getting information. If she knows her parents are in danger, she will talk." The death eaters gave a small cheer and were dismissed.
Severus quickly left and started to head down the path, he could feel something wasn't right. He got to the apperation point and waited to feel the familiar weight fall against him, but it never came. He walked around a little hoping to accidentally kick her, after about 30 second, his foot hit a lump. Severus quickly looked around and noticed no body else was there. He swooped down to pick her up as quickly as possible and apperated them away.
He reached his rooms and quickly put her on the bed, he walked a few feet away to grab the potion that would reverse her invisibility. He found her mouth and quickly poured the potion down her throat and waited. He knew she was passed out, he only hoped it wasn't to serious.
Within a few minutes, Hermione appeared, he quickly vanished her clothing so he could get a good look at the damage. She was filthy from wailing around on the floor, he also immediately noticed her hand had deep bite marks in it. She was covered in cuts, some were only an inch long, while other were ranging 4 to 5 inches. He pulled the healing potion out, vanished his clothes and made the trip to the shower that was becoming more regular then he liked. He carefully cleaned her wounds before attending to his own. Once he was satisfied they were clean, he poured half the vial of potion into her mouth and recapped it without taking any himself. He wanted to be awake long enough to put a salve on her wounds as some were deep and would more then likely scar.
Severus scooped her up once again, cast a drying spell on them both before heading back to the bedroom. He rubbed the salve on her deepest wounds, making sure he didn't miss any. Again he didn't dress her, he wanted to be able to address and problems she might have without worrying about removing clothing. Satisfied that he had done all he could, her vitals were strong and she appeared to be sleeping peacefully, he drank the remaining potion, crawled under the covers with her and passed out from the effects of the potion.